When a Dragon Moves In Again by Jodi Moore

From the author/illustrator team of When  A Dragon Moves In, comes the newest dragon adventure.  The young boy is waiting for his new sibling to arrive when the dragon arrives, again.  This is an ornery dragon that is responsible for playing in the baby's crib, bowling with the baby's bottles, spilling juice, and on and on.  Maybe if the baby went away things would be better.

Text:  4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  5 Buckeye leaves (Endpages are awesome!)

Duncan the Story Dragon by Amanda Driscoll

Duncan loves books.  Unfortunately Duncan gets so excited about his books that his fire breathing took over and he has never finished a book.  Duncan decides he needs a friend but a fire breathing dragon finding a friend is not an easy task.  Duncan searches and searches to find that special friend to help him finally enjoy an entire book.Will he find that special friend so he can finally read those words, "THE END."

Text:  4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrator:  4 Buckeye leaves

Dave & Violet by Sarah Adams

The book has a dragon on the cover, which hooked a certain 4 year old at our house into reading it.  Violet wants her friends to meet her dragon Dave.  What Violet does not know is that Dave is very shy.  When he is nervous he gets red, redder and fire springs from his mouth.  Violet tries a few times to introduce Dave without much luck.  Finally Violet and her friends come up with a positive way to use Dave's "nervousness" in a positive way.

Text:  4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:  3 Buckeye leaves

Super-Dragon by Steven Kroll

Signs announcing a contest brings a family of dragons together, preparing to compete, except for the smallest dragon, Drago. "You're too little."
"You don't know how to fly yet."
"Maybe next year...when you're bigger."

Drago wishes he could join his family in the big competition but they are right, he can't fly....yet. Drago must learn to fly and soon finds a very knowledgable teacher, a bird! Try, try again and soon Drago is flying figure eights with the best of them. The day of the big competition arrives and Drago's specialty is still a secret. Drago hates sitting by watching his family as they lost one contest after another. The final competition is the figure 8 contest. Drago must do something. Can he, the smallest and youngest in his family, help his family become victorious? Great message as Drago had to try over and over before he was successful in flying. Reluctant readers may find this graphic novel-ish (new word I just invented, better call Mr. Webster) appealing. Great especially for reluctant boy readers - because of the style as well as the dragon, competition theme.

Text: 4 Buckeye leaves - I like the message though I am not a fan of the graphic novel-ish books but realize they have a place
Illustrations: 4 Buckeye leaves

A Good Knight's Rest by Shelley Moore Thomas

The Good Knight needs a vacation. (You would too if you had "saved three princesses from peril...helped two old gypsies across the moat...and helped one little cat get down from a tall tree.") The Knight packs up his wagon ready to head away for a few days of relaxation and goes to tell his dragon friends. HIs friends decide they want to go as well. Being a good knight, the Good Knight agrees to take his dragon friends on the trip but it is not long before the group has to stop. Just as the Good Knight gets comfortable, the dragons decide it is time to move on. As this continues to happen, the dragons realize how tired their friend really is and takes him to a truly relaxing. Kids will enjoy the silly dragons and parents will relate to the Good Knight's quest to get away from the castle without having to stop over and over :)

Text: 4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 4 Buckeye leaves

That Pesky Dragon by Julie Sykes

Izzie's family farm is like many farms: "A goat, a flock of sheep, some chickens, three cats, two dogs and.....A DRAGON!"?? From the time the dragon appears on the farm he has been causing havoc with his loud roar! The milk has been turned to yogurt and the eggs are boiled what is a family to do? Assuming if they stay away the dragon will just go away, the family tries hard to ignore the dragon noise. However Izzie just can't help herself. She decides to go find out why that dragon is roaring so loud.....and what she finds surprises her. Dragon-loving kiddos will love this book! Dragon-loving kid's PARENTS will love the fact that this book is not scary for little kiddos and fulfilling the need to read "big kid topic (dragons) without being scared!!!

Text: 4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves
Endpages: 4 Buckeye leaves

Me and My Dragon by David Biedrzycki

The unnamed "ME" wants a pet...a dragon...a FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON to be exact. ME has only the dragons best interest in mind and plans to take him for check ups. ME will give the dragon a name, Sparky, and teach him to fly when he is ready and will be sure to then take him on lots of walks, to obedience school - if needed, to show-and-tell, but never to kite flying. Easy read, funny book that dragon lovers and non dragon lovers will love equally.


Text: 4.5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves
Endpages: 5 Buckeye leaves

When A Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore

"If you build a perfect sandcastle, a dragon will move in."
And so begins this hilarious new book by first time writer Jodi Moore. The boy enjoys the company of his new pal. He tries to tell his family but they don't want to hear him. The fun ends when the dragon starts getting the boy in trouble.....

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Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves (Pay close attention to the details in the facial expressions of the characters.)
Text: 5 Buckeye leaves (Great length for even young children....the 3 year old loves it here!
Endpages: 5 Buckeye Leaves - (These are AWESOME!! The front shows the boy and his family arriving at the beach. He is running across with all the necessary beach toy items. The back endpages shows numerous sand castles complete with a dragon that has moved in!)

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